This is a model I did of Scrabble pieces created in Maya. The assignment was to make a model that used text in some way. I cycled through a couple different ideas before deciding on this one, and I wanted to try engraving the letters into the pieces because I didn't like the look of mapped text. I tried to get as close to the actual font used on Scrabble pieces as I could, so I used Arial for the engravings. There was really only one reason behind the color choice: green looked the best with the glassy material I wanted to use.
I had one major problem with the model: the point values on the pieces. What I was trying to do was to first engrave the letter, and then engrave them into the piece, and I got that to work once, somehow. Any other time I tried it, it failed. I never actually figured out a solution to that, but the teacher did offer a suggestion that I mean to try out.
The shadows were a bit of an issue too, but if the model can fool people into thinking the pieces are real instead of computer generated, I'm happy with it.
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